Amirul, silver medallist at the 2008 Asian Beach Games and 2009 Asian Martial Arts Championships, bowed to Okhe Botsavang of Laos 0-5 in the men's Class A 45kg-50kg semi-finals.

Freddy, only on his second year with the national team, lost to Singapore's Muhamad Shakir Juanda 1-4 in the men's Class G 75kg-80kg class semi-finals. Muhamad Shakir won silver at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam.

"I'm lucky to win the bronze medal," said the 23-year-old Freddy, who also took the bronze at the Asian Indoor Games and Terangganu Invitationals this year.

Khuzaiman, who lost to Thailand's Chaiwat Nimma 0-5 in the semi-finals of the men's Class D 60kg-65kg on Monday, was already assured of the bronze but his medal was only included in the official medals table last night.

Indonesian coach Suhartono, who is training the Brunei silat team, congratulated his athletes.

"I commend everyone in the team for giving their best in this tournament. I'm proud of them and hopefully, they can bring more honour to Brunei," said Suhartono, who has handled the national teams in Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand.

Aside from the three bronze medals, pencak silat also won Brunei's first gold courtesy of Hj Md Khairul Bahrin Hj Duraman in the men's tunggal event on Sunday.

Meanwhile, His Royal Highness Prince Hj Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, and Teo Chee Soon failed to hurdle their matches in the nine-ball singles preliminary round at the Don Chan Palace Convention Hall.

The Crown Prince lost to Phonpadid Vongsombun of Laos 6-9 while Tee fell to Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines 5-9.

"If I can get a higher score in Nangun, I have a chance to win a medal," said Harris, who won gold in the three-section cudgel and a silver in Nanquan at the 3rd World Traditional Wushu Championships in China last year.

Brunei are also starting their campaign in sepak takraw today against Cambodia at the Lao ITECC Hall 1.

"I think that we have a 60-70 per cent chance of winning against Cambodia," said national coach Ittiphol Komchaisak, a native of Chiang Mai in Thailand.

After Cambodia, Brunei will have to deal with Myanmar tomorrow morning before facing the Philippines in the afternoon.

Today's matches pit Indonesia against Vietnam and Malaysia against Laos.

"Myanmar are a strong team, they have good players and they have better techniques," added Ittiphol, who represented Thailand in the SEA Games and Asian Games before retiring in 1994. He started coaching Brunei's national team in 2001.

"Our target is to reach the semi-finals," said the 42-year-old Ittiphol. "The Philippines are also good so it will be tough making it to the semi-final round.